Friday, January 18, 2008

Beginning Guitar Offered at Library

Always wanted to learn guitar? Here's your chance to do it for free, and have a guitar provided to you during classes! Sign up early to reserve your spot!
Timothy Niemiec will teach beginner acoustic guitar classes. Learn basic chords and techniques in multiple styles. Every other Thursday, 4-6pm: January 31, February 14, & February 28.
To register, call Cara at 865-7228 or email clovell@ci.burlington.vt.us

Kite Runner viewing a success!


10 teens headed to the movies on Wednesday to see The Kite Runner on the big screen, thanks to the library and Merrill's Roxy Cinema. Our reviews were favorable, and we would recommend the film! Some said they were quite moved by it, and were glad the ending provided some hope and resolution. The kite flying makes you want to learn how to do it! We shared thoughts over tasty pizza provided by Stone Soup. Thanks!
Do you want to see the movie? Or, if you have seen it, what did you think?

Monday, January 14, 2008

More January teen books

White Magic by Kelly Easten -- "Spells to Hold You"... Three high school girls form a coven to fill a hole in their lives. This novel was originally a play.

Freak by Marcella Pixley -- Twelve-year-old Miriam Kroupa, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her middle school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner strength she did not know she had.


Deadline by Chris Crutcher-- Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."

Heaven Looks a lot like a Mall by Wendy Mass -- When high school junior Tessa Reynolds falls into a coma after getting hit in the head during gym class, she experiences heaven as the mall where her parents work, and she revisits key events from her life, causing her to reevaluate herself and how she wants to live.

Sight by Adrienne Vrettos -- Sixteen-year-old Dylan uses her psychic abilities to help police solve crimes against children, but keeps her extracurricular activities secret from her friends at school.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

New Books for January


New titles are in! You can place holds online, or come browse through them on the new books shelf in the teen area on the top floor.

Head Case by Sarah Aronson -- a physical therapist from NH writes fiction about a quadrapelegic
Baby by Joseph Monninger -- a sled-dog driver and fishing guide from NH writes fiction about dogsledding
Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell -- a new version of the legend of Elaine, the Lady of Shalott
Beige by Cecil Castellucci -- a "nice girl" is plunked in the middle of the L.A. punk scene
Taken by Edward Bloor -- a kidnapping... and that's all I can tell you
Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks -- family secrets, fly fishing, and love
Gym Candy by Carl Deukit -- a young football player struggles for success. By the author of High Heat
The Last Knight by Hilari Bell -- A knight errant rescues a damsel in distress that turns out to be the distressor
Sure Fire by Jack Higgins -- 15-year-old twins are drawn into the world of their father, a spy.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Between the Sea and the Stars by Beverly Gherman -- a biography of the wife of Charles Lindbergh and her flying and writing adventures
Jinx by Meg Cabot -- a girl moving to NYC is jinxed... or cursed....
The Way by Joseph Bruchac -- martial arts and control within anger
I'm Being Stalked by a Moonshadow by Doug Macleod -- a comic look at courtship
Cassandra's Sister: Growing up Jane Austen
by Veronica Bennett -- a fictionalized biography of Jane Austen when she was writing Pride and Prejudice at age 19.
The God Box by Alex Sanchez -- fiction tackling the experience of balancing homosexuality and identity as a Christian